unitedhealthcare. >>> hi, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. topping the agenda today, on the road again. president obama wheels up at any moment now for his latest campaign style push to increase public pressure on republicans to let go of the tax breaks for the top earners. this time around, he's going to tour daimler's detroit diesel corporation. this comes after the president's most recent face to face with house speaker john boehner. the two men met yesterday, their first meeting since before thanksgiving. both leaders remained pub luckiluc licly quiet about it. >>> it seems more like republicans are beginning to see the writing on the wall. >> we're not close. i think that, i mean, you're beginning to see more republicans say, okay. the president won the election. democrats picked up senate seats, house seats. he gets his way. to a point. >> look, i'm not happy. but this is also big boy politics. >> i actually think it has merit where you go in and give the president the 2% increase that he's talking about. >> will i accept a tax increase